Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-28
pgATa OF GEN. sEDGwICK.

Mai. Gen John Sedgwick was born in
Litchfeld county, Conn, about lslT. He
graduated at West Point in 1885,, and was
Immediately appointed second lieutenant in
the Second artillery. reaching the position
Of first lieutenant in 1882 At the battle Of
Contreras and Churuhusco he commanded his
company. and won the brevet rank Of cap
tain; and highly distinguished himself at
Molino del Rey. Chapultepec and the attack
on the San CosIne gate He was brevetted
ma jor for gallentry at Chapultepec. In ls43
he WAS commissioned captain, and i'll March,
1885, was promoted major OF the First cav
airy. April -, 1851, he was appointed colonel
OF the Fourth cavalry and on Aug. 81 briga
der general Of volunteers. lie commanded a
division in the Chickahominy campaign. On
July 4, 1862, he was commissioned msjo
general of volunteers He WAS seriously
wounded at the hattie OF Antietam. aud after
his recovery was placed in command Of the
Ninth army corps Soon after he became the
commander OF the Sixth army corps, with
which his name will ever he associated.
Kneeling at the head of Gen Sedgwick is
Mai. Whittier, at his right Maj. 7. ". Hyde.
Col c. H. Tompkins. with raised hands. is
calling aid. Lieut. Col Martin T. Mcmahon
to the stretchsr Just arrived Surgeon Oh
lenschlager has placed one Of his hands upon
the heart of the dead general, while with the
other he feels 10 see If any pulse Is left. Maj
J. Ford Kent is on the extreme left Of the
picture which is not shown III the cut Lieut.
Federhem j. Just III the rear Of his guns
Capt Chauncy Harris and Sergt Ira Humid
are retiring with the rest Of their command
TO the low breastworks
Lieut.. Col and Brevet Maj. Gen VI T
Mcmahon was engaged in conversation with
Gen Sedgwick at the moment that the
general was struck. He was chief OF staff Of
the Sixth army corps, having served pre-
yiously in that capacity with Gen. Franklin
| while in command Of the left grand division
of the army OF the Potomac. He entered the
service as an aide de camp of Maj. Gen. Nc
Clellan, commanding the army, and served
with the army Of the Potomac until the close
of the war. He is now United States mar
shal for the southern district of New York
Col. and Brevet Maj. Gen. Charles H.
Tompkins was chief of artillery Of the Sixth
Army corps. He was colonel Of the First
Rhode Island artillery and had been in com
mand of all the batteries Of the Sixth Army
corps He entered the service in 1861. as
. captain OF the nrst battery WHICH redchcI
Washington on the first call for troops. He
now resides in New York city and is president
of the American diamond Rock Boring COM
pany.
Maj Thomas W. Hyde, brigadier general
and brevet major general, was provost marshal
OF the CORPS. He entered the service in 1851
| as captain in the Seventh Maine He was
subsequently promoted to be major, and af-
terward OF the veteran regiment on its re-
enlistment. He now resides at Bath, Me. He
was twice elected president OF the senate Of
that state, and, with Gen. Mcmahon, is on
the board OF managers Of the National Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and is presi-
dent of the Bath iron works.
Maj Charles A. Whittier, lieutenant colo
mel and brevet major general, was
at the time the senior aide TO Gen. Sedg-
wick. He was subsequently promoted lieu
tenant colonel and adjutant general OF the
Second Army corps, in which position he con
tinued until the close Of the war. He is now
4 banker in Boston